PITMAN'S SHORTHAND (phonetic writing system) - graduate's proficiency award badge (1920's)

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For sale is a vintage PITMAN'S badge awarded on passing a proficiency test for Pitman's shorthand writing. The badge would originally have accompanied the recipient's certificate. This badge is almost a hundred years old and beautifully made.

Pitman's shorthand writing is based on a phonetics system whereby the symbols do not represent letters, but rather sounds. The four shorthand symbols from top left read in a clockwise direction read:

t/l COMMERCE
t/r LANGUAGES
b/r TYPEWRITING
b/l SHORTHAND

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitman_shorthand

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DESCRIPTION:
Size: about 1 1/16" x 1 1/4" (27mm x 32mm).
Material(s): brass metal with 3 vitreous enamels.
Finish: gilt.
Fitting: pin.
Imprint: J. R. GAUNT LONDON
Approximate age: about mid-1920's.

CONDITION:
Excellent condition. No damage. Pin in working order. Full gilt plating. Light surface scratch marks in red enamel at centre of cross, but noticeable only on close examination & when held at a certain angle to the light.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.

POSTAGE:
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RETURNS:
* Return accepted if the item(s) is returned in same condition it left me, then the full Agreed Asking Price will be refunded. Postal costs are not refundable.
* Buyer pays the return postal costs - unless agreed otherwise.

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